World
Cigarette packaging misleads consumers
August 24, 2009While many countries have banned terms like "light" and "low-tar" from cigarette packs, other aspects of the products' packaging may also be misleading consumers, a new study suggests.
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Fighting rages in heart of Mogadishu
August 22, 2009Somalia's civil war is intensifying as Islamist insurgents hit back at government attacks on rebel-held territory.
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Subsidised medicines to be available to Chinese
August 22, 2009Original source: The Chinese government has issued a list of more than 300 commonly used drugs that will be sold at controlled prices from next month as part of reforms aimed at making health care more...
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Kim Dae-jung mourned as Korea peacemaker
August 21, 2009Kim Dae-jung, the first South Korean president to meet with North Korea's leaders, is being mourned as a peacemaker. Kim died Aug. 18 at the age of 85. “I was saddened at the passing of former...
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WORLDNOTES: Spain, Japan, Pakistan, Venezuela, Niger, Cuba
August 19, 2009Spain: ‘The future in flames’:Such was the title of a recently-released Greenpeace report attributing “a new generation of fires with unknown social and economic consequences” to climate change (greenpeace.org espana). High temperatures and strong winds spread...
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